Brent Culpepper


As a Warner Robins High School (GA) debater, Brent Culpepper reached the elimination rounds of national tournaments. As a debater for the University of Georgia, Brent twice received first round at-large bids to the NDT. Because of winning such major national tournaments as Georgia State, Fullerton and the Dartmouth Round Robin, Brent won the Rex Copeland award in 2007 for being the number 1 ranked team in the country. Brent was also a top ten speaker at several national tournaments, including the NDT. Brent has also coached successful teams at the TOC.

Kade Olsen


While debating at Mountain View High School (AZ), Kade Olsen qualified twice qualified for the TOC and NFL Nationals. He was in the late elimination rounds of national tournaments including Berkeley, USC, Redlands, Lexington and EGR. As a Dartmouth debater, Kade twice received a first round at-large bid for the NDT twice and was ranked as a top five team in the country. He won the Gonzaga, West Georgia, Kentucky Round Robin, and Liberty tournaments. Kade was second at the Kentucky Round Robin, West Georgia, Fullerton, Wake Forest, and CEDA nationals. He also was a top 10 speaker at a number of national tournaments. Kade was a finalist in the 2008 NDT. Next year he will be an assistant coach at Dartmouth.


Members of the Lab: Jamil Ahmed, Forrest Brown, Rebecca Drapkin, Alexandra Evans, Alex Gonzales, Kayla Jaynk, Ram Jayakumar, Paul Lee, Patrick McCleary, Ian Miller, Laurel Mills, Edward mugica, Matt Rosenzweig, Amy Senders, Elliot Stein, Elliot Stoller, Wesley Wilson, Simon You, Grace Zhang, Ogi Sugic.